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Photographer:

matt_harmston

Location of Photo:

The Riverside Space Port, Riverside, Iowa

Date/Time of photo:

12/9/2020 at 8:57pm CDT

Equipment:

MallinCam DS10cTEC, Celestron RASA 8 (at f/2), Orion SkyGlow AP filter, SkyShed POD, Photoshop, and Topaz DeNoise AI

Description:

To the naked eye, Orion's dagger appears as three stars hanging down from his belt. In truth, the dagger is a bright conglomeration of stars, dust, and gas in a multitude of imagination-igniting configurations. My intent was to reveal reflection and emission nebulae juxtaposed with brilliant star clusters. To achieve the necessary live high dynamic range effect, this processed/cropped/rotated image is based upon a live average stack of 50 frames varying from 343 milliseconds to 1300 milliseconds with no binning. In taking just over a minute to capture all of the data, my daughter and I had plenty of time to extend the night's cosmic journey to other points of interest.

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